STOVE TILES ETC
22017 VON DER FEUERSTELLE ZUM KACHELOFEN - Heizanlagen und Ofenkeramik vom Mittelalter bis zum Neuheit (Stralsunder Beitrage, Vol III) £29.50
Various authors, Kulturhistorisches Museum der Hansestadt Stralsund, Germany, 2001, German texts, 235pp, illustrated throughout with b & w photographs, drawings, maps and plans, A4 paperback
The report of a 1999 symposium on the history of heating arrangements in Germany from the simple, brick-built warm-air systems of the middle ages to the use of elaborate tiled stoves in the 17th century and later. A detailed and scholarly report.
04046 DOCH AUCH DIES LETZTE ABENDTROTH Der Ofenmalerei erbleibt £9.95
Monika Dittmar, Ofen- und Keramikmuseum, Velten, Germany, 2000, German text, 52pp, 36 colour + 55 monochrome (mainly sepia) illustrations, paperback
The excellent little booklet contains a short history of tiled stoves with the emphasis on late 19th and 20th century models. It illustrates many examples undocumented elsewhere and shows how tiled stove design is alive and well in the 21st century!
11003 KÖLNER OFENKACHELN £25.00
Ingeborg Unger, Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, Germany, 1988, German text, 248pp, 340 b&w illus + 24 full page colour plates, pictorial boards
Superb catalogue of an exhibition of stove tiles from Cologne, with a history of the art and a chapter in English by David Gaimster on examples found in England.